Col. Philip ROOTES II of Rosewall

ABT 1723 - by 1787

ID Number: I58303

Notes

2. I. Col. Philip Rootes((2)), of "Rosewall," King and Queen,
eldest son; was sheriff of that county in 1765. In June, 1787,
was advertised for sale the land "where Col. Philip Rootes,
deceased, lived," in King and Queen Co., opposite West Point. He
married (Dec. 2, 1756) Frances Wilcox (Middlesex Records), and
was probably father or grandfather to Edmund Wilcox Rootes, a
prominent lawyer and recorder, of Richmond City, Va.; d. Feb.
11, 1836.